A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) is a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. These vessels were small, fast, and inexpensive to build, and were valued for …

PT (Patrol, Torpedo) boats were small, fast, and expendable vessels for short range oceanic scouting, armed with torpedoes and machine guns for cutting enemy supply lines and …

During WW2, the US suddenly had the need for a fleet of small attack vessels, the PT-Boats, which gained fame in the Pacific. They were mostly wooden-built, by Elco, Higgins and Huckins.

May 3, 2025 · A force of the small combat vessels was sent to Europe, and in the lead-up to the invasion, the boats were employed in covert operations including scouting of the beaches. On …

Patrol torpedo boats, popularly known as "PT boats", were small, light, and fast motor torpedo boats used by the United States Navy. They were first developed in the early 1900s as a way …

In the aftermath of World War II the United States and other countries have experimented with missile-carrying, next-generation fast patrol boats. These feature hydrofoils to lessen drag and …

Nov 16, 2015 · During World War II, the United States deployed in the Pacific 350 PT boats, mostly of the Elco and Higgins types, along with 42 in the Mediterranean and 33 in the English …

Our program looks at that rescue and other adventures involving the legendary PT boats of World War II. The ships were considered too small to even merit a name.

We’ll be exploring the role of these fast attack boats in the Pacific, their successes and challenges, and how they squared off against the Imperial Japanese Navy’s formidable …